The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-05-04
MEN OF PUSH.
Ways in Which They are building Up
the Country.

ways IN winch tHey are A1utlufHk Up
the Country.
It is reported that ex-senator Stephen
w. Dorsey has succeeded In disposing of large
tract of his New Mexico lands to a foreign syn
dictate. He went abroad some time ago for that
purpose. The understanding is that the sale
will make him millionaire again.
Gen. D. G. Dodge, of the Mexican Ma
tional railway, is a tall, erect man of perhaps
atty years of age, with flowing gray beard
reaching to his whist. The general has been In
Mexico for two years engaged in the promotion
of the enterprise with which he Is associated.
He speaks conservatiyely yet strongly Of Mex
leo and its progress and development.
Senator Hearst, of California, is big
man of generous nature, fond of companion
ship and exceedingly cordial to his friends. 1t
Is reported that within short time he has be
some associated with two or three other wealthy
Californans who made their money In gold
mines and Il syndicate of New York capitalists
TO operate in the mining of gold on the Pacific
coast in South America The gold belt is said
to stretch all the way from Alaska down to
Peru on the Pacific coast, and Californians are
beginning TO look up and down the coast in
both directions for new fields of mining ven
ture. Senator Hearst's wealth is estimated at
as much as $s,00OOOO.
An old border man Is General r. J.
Marshall, of Denver He must be nearly sew
enty years of age but lis still erect and vigorous.
His hair, which was once raven-hued, is get
ting streaked with gray, but otherwise he lie
well preserved. Like most men of his type and
day he has held his ups and downs in business
and speculation. In the mining business his
best stroke was In the development and placing
of O mine known as marshall Tunnel" out OF
which he made big fortune, which he has
invested In other mining ventures and in cattle
and stock growing. He has some of the finest
horses in his State and is considered one of the
best judges of horsefesh In the. Western
country.
The former Commissioner of pensions,
General w. w. Dudley, of Indiana, is pursll-
Ing business with the same energy that he for
merly showed in politics. He is n heavy set
man with dark complexion, Jet black hair and
mustache through which the silver threads are
beginning to show. He has wooden leg, but
carries himself so well by the assistance of
cane that the loss Is scarcely perceptible. He
Is a banker at Washington with an inclination
TO Investments in street cars and cable-road
properties. He has just concluded arrange
ments for the building of cable road at St.
Paul, Mimi, five miles In length. The principal
capitalist In the scheme is Thomas Lowrey,
who is one OF the most active Of the rising crop
Of the Northwest millionaires.
On pleasant afternoons short man,
stoutiy built, with a ruddy face and brown
mustache, is TO be seen in the Central Park
drives of New York city, seated behind a
spanking team of bay horses, which keep
abreast of the best on the road. He is George
d. McAneny, who has been fortunate In the
accumulation of wealth through Pacific coast
mining investments. Mr.. MeAneny is about
ifty-hve years of age. Thirty years ago he left
New York, which is his native State, to try his
luck on the Pacific coast. Along In 1878 he
bought the Contention mine for $780, On this
Investment up TO the present time he has re-
ceived $4,000 In dividends, and having been
fortunate In other directions is considered a
millionaire about three times over. He has
about $4,000 invested IN New York real estate
and is a moving spirit in gold mine venture in
the United States of Colombia.